JUSTICE Brassington Reynolds yesterday granted bail to alleged drug trafficker  Liana Ramsundar  in the sum of $500,000, following a bail petition by Attorney-at-Law James Bond in the Berbice High Court.

Additionally, co-accused Puran Ramoo was granted $350,000 bail on the first count, in which he is accused of being in possession of 41kg, 945grams of cannabis sativa for the purpose of trafficking.

However, he was refused bail on the second count which stated that he had in his possession 225 grams of cannabis sativa for the purpose of trafficking.

In the petition by Chailkumarie Singh, it was stated that at the time when the 225 grams was found at the home of the appellants, Ramoo was not at home. Further the house in question is also occupied by  two of his uncles, who are fishermen and have since left for sea.
According to the document, Ramsundar was present in the yard when the ranks searched their home and found 225 grams of cannabis sativa in a chair.
However Ms. Judith Mursulin, representing the State, disputed the facts, and contended that when the police took Ramsundar  to the Lot 7 Cotton Tree Village residence, it was she who had opened the door with a key. Further, the clothing seen at the location was owned by Ramsundar and Ramoo.

On January 26, last police were in the vicinity of Number 9 Village, West Coast Berbice, when  Pooran  Persaud, who remains on remand,  was intercepted with twenty-five parcels containing 41kg 945g [ 92.75 lbs] of suspected cannabis sativa following a drug bust at Bath Settlement, West Bank Berbice.
However, following investigations by this newspaper, it was discovered that when the  thirty-two-year old taxi driver was questioned about the  multi- coloured  bag which contained several plastic wrapped parcels, he claimed that it was owned by a fisherman from Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice.

The driver subsequently  telephoned the fisherman informing him of his predicament, and urged him to meet him at the Fort Wellington drying floor.
This newspaper was informed that $800,000 was intended to bribe  the police officers.
Meanwhile, at the drying floor, at Fort Wellington, the fisherman and his girlfriend, a customer representative of a telecommunication company, arrived and were taken into custody by the sleuths.
At the Fort Wellington Police Station, a search carried out on the twenty-four- year-old female revealed that she had $700,000 in her handbag, while her partner had US$900 in his possession.
Further, the couple admitted sharing a common-law relationship. The revelation led ranks to their home where a plastic wrapped parcel was found in a chair cushion. A scale was also seized.